Donald Brittain Filmes
- 1958
Setting Fires for Science
Setting Fires for Science01958HD
This film shows the scientific study of fires set to buildings in Aultsville, Ontario, a town evacuated for flooding by the St. Lawrence Seaway....
- 1974
King of the Hill
King of the Hill01974HD
This feature documentary follows one of the greatest Canadian baseball players of all time, Ferguson Jenkins, through the 1972-1973 season. From the...
- 1974
Thunderbirds in China
Thunderbirds in China01974HD
In this documentary, the members of the University of British Columbia's Thunderbirds hockey team travel to China to demonstrate their skills to the...
- 1975
Whistling Smith
Whistling Smith6.41975HD
This film is a revealing portrait of a tough cop with a big heart. Sergeant Bernie "Whistling" Smith walks the beat on Vancouver's Eastside, the...
- 1979
Has Anybody Here Seen Canada?
Has Anybody Here Seen Canada?51979HD
Through rare film footage and interviews with some of the pioneers who made film history, this documentary traces the history of filmmaking in Canada...
- 1966
Never a Backward Step
Never a Backward Step01966HD
This feature documentary is a profile of Canadian press tycoon Roy Thomson, whose single-minded attention to business brought him riches, power, and...
- 1968
Juggernaut
Juggernaut01968HD
In 1968, a convoy set off to transport a Calandria, the 70-ton core of a Canadian nuclear reactor, to Rajasthan in India. Even the largest...
- 1966
Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen
Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen7.21966HD
A 1964 documentary portrait of Cohen in his pre-musician days as a poet and stand-up comedian.
- 1976
His Worship, Mr. Montréal
His Worship, Mr. Montréal81976HD
This feature documentary is a fascinating and spirited portrait of the life and times of the legendary Quebec politician and four-time mayor of...
- 1975
Arctic IV
Arctic IV01975HD
This feature-length documentary offers a glimpse at the unknown world that lies beneath the Arctic ice. Arctic IV follows Dr. Joseph MacInnis, a...
- 1971
The Apprentice
The Apprentice4.31971HD
In Montréal, Jean-Pierre is fired on the set of a TV commercial where he's an apprentice technician. He's penniless, behind on his rent, with...
- 1973
Grierson
Grierson6.51973HD
A portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939. Interweaving archival...
- 1966
A Trip Down Memory Lane
A Trip Down Memory Lane5.91966HD
A Trip Down Memory Lane is a 1965 experimental collage film by Arthur Lipsett, created by editing together images and sound clips from over fifty...
- 1986
Tommy Douglas: Keeper of the Flame
Tommy Douglas: Keeper of the Flame101986HD
This feature documentary traces the political career of T.C. (Tommy) Douglas, former premier of Saskatchewan and leader of the New Democratic Party,...
- 1975
Scoggie
Scoggie01975HD
This short documentary profiles 27-year-old Scoggie Watson, a Cape Breton stalwart who clings to the things he cherishes most: the waters of Lake...
- 1978
The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power
The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power01978HD
Part 2 of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque covers the years between 1967 and 1977, a...
- 1978
The Dionne Quintuplets
The Dionne Quintuplets01978HD
In 1934, Elzire Dionne delivered five identical girls. The Dionne Quintuplets follows Cecile, Emilie, Marie, Yvonne and Annette through twenty-one...
- 1966
Helicopter Canada
Helicopter Canada6.41966HD
A view from a helicopter of the ten Canadian provinces in 1966. The result is a big, beautiful and engrossing bird's-eye portrait of the country....
- 1977
Henry Ford's America
Henry Ford's America01977HD
This feature documentary studies the automobile and its pervasive effect on the history of North America. Focusing on the Ford dynasty, from the...
- 1961
Everybody's Prejudiced
Everybody's Prejudiced01961HD
Examples of prejudice that can be seen everyday